ILO pub. Article on international experience with minimum wage fixing and its role in wage determination - covers the use of minimum wage to protect vulnerable groups of low income workers, to determine ' fair' wages, to set a basic floor to the wage structure, and as an instrument of...

The paper “At work but earning less: Trends in decent pay and minimum wages for young people” reviews existing literature and analyses recent data on young workers’ earnings. The findings of the paper point to the increase over time of the youth wage discount, i.e. the wage gap between...

Covers trend from 1990 to 1998.

Examines how a minimum wage policy may be used as a tool to promote gender pay equity. Includes case studies of Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

Suggests major developments needed in the Department of Employment and Youth, in order to achieve an acceptably high level of capability to manage the labour market in support of national social and economic objectives.

Analyses the factors which have contributed to the perpetuation of the bonded labour system in Nepal and suggests changes in policies and programmes to deal more effectively with the problem. Includes comments on the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) and the Abolition of Forced Labour...